Re: [fpc-pascal] String theory

2016-05-10 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 10/05/16 17:48, Tony Whyman wrote: On 10/05/16 14:15, Bart wrote: It already is [part of the string type. See the StringCodePage function. > I don't think this is what I meant as StringCodePage is a unicode > string function. I am looking at the single byte string types. StringCodePage()

Re: [fpc-pascal] String theory

2016-05-10 Thread Jürgen Hestermann
Am 2016-05-10 um 17:48 schrieb Tony Whyman: I don't think this is what I meant as StringCodePage is a unicode string function. I am looking at the single byte string types. On 10/05/16 14:15, Bart wrote: It already is [part of the string type. See the StringCodePage function. Codepages a

Re: [fpc-pascal] String theory

2016-05-10 Thread Tony Whyman
I don't think this is what I meant as StringCodePage is a unicode string function. I am looking at the single byte string types. On 10/05/16 14:15, Bart wrote: It already is [part of the string type. See the StringCodePage function. ___ fpc-pascal m

Re: [fpc-pascal] String theory

2016-05-10 Thread Bart
On 5/10/16, Tony Whyman wrote: > .. Pascal could be improved by including (for string types) the code > page as part of the string data itself rather than having to infer it. It already is [part of the string type. See the StringCodePage function. Bart ___

[fpc-pascal] String theory

2016-05-10 Thread Tony Whyman
While my first thought over the "String Type" or "End of World" threads was this is another "how many angels to the pinhead" type discussion. However, having worked through it, I believe that there is an issue here and Pascal could be improved by including (for string types) the code page as pa